JOPLIN, Mo. — It’s hard to shoot down an enemy plane you can’t find. That was the whole idea behind a surprisingly low tech means of neutralizing German radar on D-Day. “When you can’t see the plane ...

If you've watched "Top Gun," you might've noticed that the F/A-18's countermeasures use chaff/flare. While both chaff and flares are used by military aircraft to defend against incoming missiles, they ...

A clump of chaff fibers landed at Zierdt Road near Highway 20 on Tuesday. (Bob Gathany/[email protected]) HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - Military chaff that distort weather radar, similar to the phenomenon that ...

Chaff - the shreds of aluminum, fiberglass and plastic used by the military to help trick radars - is considered safe, even though government officials concede research on the effect it has on humans ...

If you happened to be watching the radar early Thursday afternoon, you may have noticed something unusual. With not a drop of rain falling in Northwest Florida on Thursday from this signature, many ...

(WAFF) - 'Chaff' is an interesting word in that it has several radically different meanings, one of which we are well familiar with, being in a military area. As we've learned in the past, chaff can ...

The 107th Airlift Wing went on a night formation training mission on Sept. 25, 2012, fully loaded with live flares to be used in a training scenario. A flare is a countermeasure to enemies' infrared ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Every year, McDonald's produces more than 62 million pounds of coffee chaff. That's the unused dried skin that comes off of coffee beans during the ...

Have you ever felt left out? It’s no fun being excluded by others, right? In today’s story, we’ll meet two animals who are always excluding others – until one crafty critter finds a way to invite ...